Where does “organochlorine” come from?

organochlorine (English) comes from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

organochlorine (English): Any of very many chlorine substituted organic...

Definitions

  1. Any of very many chlorine substituted organic...

Ancestry of “organochlorine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
2English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
3French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
4Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
5Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
6Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine
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